1 egg, 2 yolks

so i am making pancake batter atm, and when i cracked the egg i was shocked to see two yolks in it! very strange. since i'm counting calories, the "normal" large egg is 98 calories, but with 2 yolks? how many calories will it be? still the same? or should i add 1 yolk calorie to it? helllpppp!

i would just add calories for the extra yolk. it can't hurt (i'd rather over estimate the cals than under estimate) PLUS it's not a big deal if you're under your calories for the day if it's only just a few :)

Please don't take this as a personal attack but, honestly, what kind of rock have you been living under all of your life?

You can buy double yolk eggs in any supermarket at certain times of year. Like yolk-less eggs (yes, they do happen in nature) they are usually laid by very young chickens who have just started producing. They are a utility grade and are generally used in baking/cooking. The calorie content is about = to regular single yolk eggs as the two yolks are generally undersized.

Please don't take this as a personal attack but, honestly, what kind of rock have you been living under all of your life?

I must have been living under a rock, too. I have never heard of a double yolk egg until this. And I wonder how they know if there's two yolks in them without breaking? And who buys double yolk eggs in the first place? Bizzare.

yeah, double yolks aren't rare at all. it's just that most consumers are so distanced from food sources and demand such a level of standardization that anything remotely different rarely gets to market.

it's no different from any other agricultural product: go to an organic market, your bell peppers are likely to be misshapen, fruit will have blemishes, etc. that's normal. what's abnormal is the perfectly shaped, shiny, glistening stuff that makes it to the grocery store.

just another example of how wasteful and cosmetically-minded we are in the west.

no really, it was my first time to see 2 yolks in an egg, mainly because, i never cooked anything until about 3 months ago. i've always been pampered and people in the house cook for me. but now that i'm 18, i wanted to be independent (and go on a diet), so i started cooking for myself! i'm a newbie in the kitchen. hehe.. that may sound strange, but i'm really spoiled.

And I wonder how they know if there's two yolks in them without breaking?

Hi danikat15

In egg processing factories (or farms!) they put eggs over a light box to check for defects, and you can see the yolk and if there are two yolks you can tell. They do this to check that if chicks are growing inside fertilised eggs too.

And I wonder how they know if there's two yolks in them without breaking?

Hi danikat15

In egg processing factories (or farms!) they put eggs over a light box to check for defects, and you can see the yolk and if there are two yolks you can tell. They do this to check that if chicks are growing inside fertilised eggs too.

It's true I do learn something new every day... Although hopefully this is a fact that I will never have to use in real life... still cool, though